The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-01-25
Hurh Conway

AIr. Frederick ]. FarSCS, populSrly
known = ~ Hugh Co2vSy, wSS born
In B-lS-ol IN the year 1>kI, HIS pS-
rents were IN falr circumstances, Snd
-ava INN & zooG general education,
imaginative ard Gltve2curoCS by MS
r--rs, he conceived 3 passion to- the
>as. ard. instead Il cGvSr5lnS tins IN
c-lrs-SC-. his tachsr decided q So
how t2r Il would 20 under The stern
resll-leS ot >aatGrlnE hte; he there
fore pl2ced his son On board the
school tI-ats Conway. 81 Liverpool.
Here the boy continued Tor s short
time, Gcd GS his father rightly sur
rl,>ad. the inclination did nOt LAST
Longs fo- the son decided 70 adopt s
commercial lite- He bseame an sue
tionesr. and eventusLy partner II
the p-nClpal sucCo1eezrS Era n
Bristol HIS literary tscQIry, which
hz1 cC- hitherto shown itself. now
ievelCpei. and n 1888 he wroce
several short stories and songs. many
q the latter beng - 70 music, one
IL Particular. e Some Day. becoming
ve-v popular These were written
under the E-z-z-a OF Hugh Con
vay- There i produced, ST Bristol,
@ -1ca- publication entitled Arrow
smiths Annual. and II the 1883.
Hugh Convey w-uca 8 story en-
-l--aG e Called Sack, winch appe1-ad
tl- the 1rS- time in this publication
Ica weird and Poe-l1ke incidents Of
the story made 3 p-CtoGDd impression
uuC- the public. and the novelette,
sold by hundreds u thousands. i
bright genius hGd burst upon The 1T
arlry world. and with startling rapid
I5y The author STAINED 6 high posi-
tso1- Offers Of literary work came
from all sides and be hai no longer
70 SEEK Sr obscure periodical for the
medium q Introduction % the read
ing public He wrU:e stories for the
-rr-giic. the E5g,isl [.Estr1sg6 Nsg1-
ss1g. and Bl1airraf-s HEgE-l1g. MANY
which appeared IN the lztrar magazine
were afterwards collected and pub
Esled N tEo volumes under the title
q Bound Together A dramatic
version Of called Back. g. well aS {
later work. Dark DAYS" h1s been
produced before large audiences. The
incidents q the stories were well
adapted for dramatic representation.
and the public were aiuCs- a. much
pleased with them II this form g n
the Other Both n the metropolis
and the provinces The PLAYS were
tavC-ad-y received Eventually 1Ir.
Ea-ECs gave 10 commerce and deTO
ted himself 70 literature. He accept
ed many engagements. which he Ia
bored hard 70 fulfil. and It i thought
that he thus undermined his health
Be this - Il may. he vas compelled
% cease awhile trun his LabOrs. and
give himself { nest He sought the
sunny shores Of the Riviera. and was.
il seems, gradually recuperating his
exhausted energies. when 81 attack
o. TYPHOID fever laid him On 6 bed Of
sickness So far recovering g 10 be
able 70 take g carriage drive. an un-
fortunate occurrence took place which
brought about his early death The
c4-risge II which he was enjoying
the bsImy and life restoring breeze
q The deep blue Mediterranesn, broke
down when he was some distance
from his hotel and he was exposed
for too long 3 period 20 the night an
ms brought Oh relapse, and he
died q Monte Carlo On the 18th OF
Nay Es- A-ways modest and uraz-
S-E-Eg, his rsg11 success did not
spoil him He had k1s-s 0f friends
and the news q his death was re
c=5Tsd n England With every 81
preston u regret tLz- - promising
career should have been % soon
brought 60 g close